Tempus: hire and higher are key for investors

There is probably very little that Robert Walters doesn’t know about executive recruitment in the world of banking, financial and professional services. He has been matching candidates with employers since 1985, when he set up his eponymous recruitment firm in an office above the Café Royal in central London.

Today, Robert Walters Group has survived three recessions and employs more than 2,600 people in 24 countries — and its figures are looking more than a little healthy. In a second-quarter trading statement yesterday, overall net fee income was up 11 per cent at £60 million, with growth recorded in all regions. In the UK, net fee income has jumped by 19 per cent to £20.1 million.